WNBA superstar and Players Association President Nneka Ogwumike talks with Kelley about her unusual path to becoming one of the most impactful leaders in sports. Ogwumike discusses the impact of her Nigerian-American upbringing on her basketball career, why she needed to be talked into going pro before being drafted No. 1, learning to drive stick shift in Poland during her first year abroad, her record-breaking 2016 MVP season, scoring the championship-winning shot to win a title with the Sparks, negotiating the league’s groundbreaking 2020 CBA, and what it took to pull off a paradigm-shifting season inside the WNBA bubble. Go deeper.
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Cat Osterman
Mal Pugh
Stephanie Gilmore
Michelle Wie West
Carli Lloyd
Allyson Felix
Bonus: Kelley's season 1 recap
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April Ross
Lizzie Armanto
Breanna Stewart
Mikaela Shiffrin
Bonus: Alex Morgan on motherhood
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Candace Parker
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